Dessie Combs Tysinger

Published: Monday, December 8, 2008 at 8:33 a.m.

Last Modified: Monday, December 8, 2008 at 8:33 a.m.

Dessie Combs Tysinger, 87, of Snider Road, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, at her home after an illness of two years.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Jeff York. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park.

Mrs. Tysinger was born Jan. 1, 1921, in Granville County to Ed Combs and Hattie Holbrook Combs. She retired from Heckman Furniture and was of the Baptist faith. Her husband, Joseph Clayton Tysinger, preceded her in death as well as her son, Arthur Tysinger; her daughters, Christine Hege and Linda Westbrook; her brothers, Clewie Combs, Clallan Combs and Jess “Willard” Combs; and her sisters, Lessie Moody, Tessie Moody, Effie Holbrook and Edy Combs.

She is survived by her sons, Cecil Tysinger and his wife, Mitzi, Allen Tysinger and his wife, Kathy, and Niles Tysinger and his wife, Carolyn, all of Lexington; her brother, Fonza Combs and his wife, Mary, of Apex; her sister, Emma Tysinger and her husband, Don, of Lexington; 17 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday at Piedmont Funeral Home and other times at the home.

<p>Dessie Combs Tysinger, 87, of Snider Road, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008, at her home after an illness of two years. </p><p>The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Jeff York. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Memorial Park.</p><p>Mrs. Tysinger was born Jan. 1, 1921, in Granville County to Ed Combs and Hattie Holbrook Combs. She retired from Heckman Furniture and was of the Baptist faith. Her husband, Joseph Clayton Tysinger, preceded her in death as well as her son, Arthur Tysinger; her daughters, Christine Hege and Linda Westbrook; her brothers, Clewie Combs, Clallan Combs and Jess Willard Combs; and her sisters, Lessie Moody, Tessie Moody, Effie Holbrook and Edy Combs. </p><p>She is survived by her sons, Cecil Tysinger and his wife, Mitzi, Allen Tysinger and his wife, Kathy, and Niles Tysinger and his wife, Carolyn, all of Lexington; her brother, Fonza Combs and his wife, Mary, of Apex; her sister, Emma Tysinger and her husband, Don, of Lexington; 17 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren. </p><p>The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday at Piedmont Funeral Home and other times at the home. </p><p>Online condolences may be made at www.piedmontfuneralhome.com.</p>